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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 29, 2013, 10:46 PM EST for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 10:46 PM EST (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 2:03 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Newaygo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Muskegon River near Croton Dam (CROM4).
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 12 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04121970, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Jan 29, 9:58 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 9:58 PM EST, 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:52 PM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 452 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-301045- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 452 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY HAVE PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. VERY HEAVY DOWN POURS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS OVERNIGHT. AN INCREASED RISK FOR FLOODING EXISTS GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAIN...FROZEN GROUND...EXPECTED SNOW MELT AND THE PRESENCE OF ICE IN SOME OF THE RIVERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO MAY BE OCCUR ON TOP OF THE HALF IN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. DENSE FOG WILL LINGER NORTH OF M-20 INTO THE EVENING REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...STANDING WATER MAY TURN TO ICE. MODERATE TO POTENTIALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF US-131. THERE MAY BE ISSUES WITH FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS IF THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL ACTUALLY HAPPENS. THE BREAKING UP OF RIVER ICE MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING TOO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LMZ844>849-301045- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI- 452 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO FOG MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINDS AND WAVES MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. WDM 93
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 29, 5:17 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jan 29, 9:20 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
920 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013
MIZ057-058-064>066-300300-
ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-IONIA-KENT-
920 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 916 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HASTINGS TO 15 MILES WEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALASKA... ADA... CASCADE...
IRVING... ALTO... LOWELL...
FREEPORT... HASTINGS... FALLASSBURG...
LAKE ODESSA... CLARKSVILLE... MORGAN...
BERLIN CENTER... SMYRNA... SARANAC...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 4247 8554 4293 8571 4312 8516 4312 8484
4277 8484 4277 8471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 244DEG 53KT 4288 8557 4260 8546
LAURENSLocal storm report, Jan 29, 10:20 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1020 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 PM HEAVY RAIN NORTON SHORES 43.16N 86.26W
01/29/2013 M2.73 INCH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL THROUGH 0315Z WEDNESDAY.
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EBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Ionia | 40 min |
| Jan 29, 9:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan, Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 25 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 25 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Osceola | 25 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Mecosta | 48 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Isabella | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 25 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:09 AM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 49 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:21 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mason and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:28 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:28 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 57 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:28 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Gratiot | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:08 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GRR | Newaygo | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Mecosta | 5 days |
| Jan 30, 2:43 PM EST | Flood Watch | GRR | Ottawa | 19 hr |
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River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2013Every river flood advisory in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.